Politics-Oriented Software Development || kuro5hin.org

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The Sound of iPod

The Sound of iPod This is genius.

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... eighty years later he could still recall with the young pang of his original joy his falling in love with Ada. -- Nabokov

March Melts Down in April - Ric Shreves.net

March Melts Down in April - Ric Shreves.net

ACM Queue - How Not to Write FORTRAN in Any Language - There are characteristics of good coding that transcend all programming languages.

How Not to Write FORTRAN in Any Language
Whatever language you write in, your task as a programmer is to do the best you can with the tools at hand. A good programmer can overcome a poor language or a clumsy operating system, but even a great programming environment will not rescue a bad programmer. —Kernighan and Pike

Bore Me - the best of your inbox

Bore Me - the best of your inbox. A nice site with links to viral video.

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Mobile virus infects Lexus cars

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Appendix A - The Tanenbaum-Torvalds Debate

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Xingtone - Make Your Own Real Music Ringtones

Xingtone - Make Your Own Real Music Ringtones

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JSON-RPC-Java - JavaScript to Java remote scripting

JSON-RPC-Java - JavaScript to Java remote scripting

Ballmer Loves Windows 1.0

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Nice Quote

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. :-) -- Larry Wall in <8571@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>

Richard Monson-Haefel: The death knell: The JCP EC rejects JDO 2.0

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What You'll Wish You'd Known

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Yahoo! News - Professor's Saturn Experiment Forgotten

Yahoo! News - Professor's Saturn Experiment Forgotten

Minty MP3

Minty MP3

Procuring Electronic Components

Procuring Electronic Components: "It's hard to go wrong with free. Parts manufacturers are often more than happy to ship you, for no cost, a few samples of their merchandise. They often ship within the week, sometimes the next day, and with free 2-3day FedEx/UPS."

Amazon.com: Everything Else: JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank

Amazon.com: Everything Else: JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank

Corbis--stock photography and pictures

Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, reclines on his desk in his office soon after the release of Windows 1.0. 1985 Bellevue, Washington, USA

SEARCH : Programs : Technology Assistance : JIEM

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Global Justice XML Data Model

Global Justice XML Data Model

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Victor Szalvay's Development Methods Blog

Victor Szalvay's Development Methods Blog

Unbreakable Java: A Java Server That Never Goes Down (SYS-CON)

Unbreakable Java: A Java Server That Never Goes Down (SYS-CON)